单词 | represser |
释义 | repressern. 1. A person who or thing which represses someone or something; (now esp.) a person who represses unpleasant or unacceptable thoughts, memories, etc. (cf. repress v.1 2c). Cf. repressor n. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > [noun] > one who or that which restrains represserc1449 controllera1540 restrainer1569 repressor1584 stayer1597 curber1610 c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 130 The book clepid The Represser of over moche wijting the Clergie. 1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection ii. sig. Piiv A conquerour of his owne wyll, a represser of ire, and a pure louer of his enemy. 1573 J. Bridges Supremacie Christian Princes xiv. 244 In the ensample of Dauid the Queene was the represser, and the Priests were the means or instrument. 1606 W. Cowper Conduit of Comfort sig. B4v The Father of Pride, becommeth against his will, a represser of Pride. 1630 R. Brathwait Eng. Gentleman 46 To speake generally of Action, as it is the represser, so Idlenesse is the producer of all vice. 1710 Serious Answer Bp. of Oxford's Speech 17 A Man of Probity and Judgment, a zealous Asserter of the Rights of Princes, and a Represser of Popular Licence. 1734 F. Clifton tr. Thucydides Upon Plague in tr. Hippocrates Upon Air 220 Ægyptian alum..is also of service as a represser. 1825 Glasgow Mechanics' Mag. 3 Dec. 244/1 The represser consists of a beam moving on its centre, and three levers. 1867 J. H. Burton Hist. Scotl. to 1688 III. xxvii. 99 Like persons of inferior note who have risen by unworthy services, he became a zealous represser of those who had helped him. 1927 W. G. Sumner & A. G. Keller Sci. of Society I. ii. v. §65. 127 The exaltation of the services of one sex over those of the other, with consequent indictment of man as a brutal represser and despoiler. 1951 Jrnl. Personality 19 472 Repressers..are patients who avoid contact with such emotional material. They are apt to block in the presence of sexual or aggressive stimuli. 1998 D. S. Holmes in R. A. Baker Child Sexual Abuse & False Memory Syndrome vi. 159 There is no way to distinguish between individuals who actually have symptoms and do not report them (‘repressers’ or more likely deniers) and individuals who do not have symptoms. 2. Biochemistry. = repressor n. 2. rare. ΚΠ 1957 H. J. Vogel in W. D. McElroy & B. Glass Chem. Basis Heredity ii. 286 In order to facilitate further discussion, the following terminology will be used hereafter:..the substance thus decelerating enzyme synthesis is a ‘represser’ (‘repressor’). 1971 New Scientist 22 July 182/1 Two classes of DNA-switching molecules are known so far in bacteria, one class acts negatively—repressers—and one acts positively, but indirectly—sigma factors. 1999 Gene 234 400/1 The hypothesis proposes that Sox3 acts as a represser of Sox9 expression in female gonads. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1449 |
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